Stay up-to-date with all the latest news on injured and recovering players from across Major League Baseball.
Garrett Mitchell, Tyrone Taylor, Gus Varland, Sal Frelick and Matt Bush, Brewers
In speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said that Mitchell will be undergoing shoulder surgery after getting a second opinion. He said the surgery will likely happen next week, and that Mitchell is probably out for the year.
After playing a week of games in Arizona, Taylor was promoted to Milwaukee’s top affiliate to begin what could be a relatively extended stint as he comes back from a right elbow injury.
Varland landed on the 15-day IL on April 16, a day after he was struck on the right hand by a comebacker that glanced his chin and his left forearm. Varland expects to pitch for the Timber Rattlers on Thursday and Saturday before joining the Brewers for their trip to Colorado and San Francisco next week. More>
Frelick (Milwaukee’s No. 2 prospect) underwent surgery Tuesday to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb and will be sidelined for 6-8 weeks. More>
Bush landed on the 15-day injured list Monday with right rotator cuff tendonitis and will be shut down for 2-4 weeks, per manager Craig Counsell. More>
Yordan Alvarez, Chas McCormick, Lance McCullers Jr. and Michael Brantley, Astros
Alvarez was sent back to Houston on Monday prior to the Astros’ three-game road series against the Rays in order to undergo tests on his sore neck. Manager Dusty Baker said Alvarez has been dealing with the ailment for about a week. More>
On Tuesday, McCormick (lower back tightness) swung a bat for the first time since landing on the injured list on April 18. He also ran on the turf at Tropicana Field prior to the Astros’ game against the Rays.
McCullers (right arm muscle strain) threw off flat ground and then tossed 10-12 pitches from the front of the bullpen mound prior to the Astros’ game at Tropicana Field on Tuesday. Manager Dusty Baker said the right-hander “felt great” and “is on track.”
Brantley (shoulder surgery) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sugar Land on Sunday, going 1-for-1 with a single and a walk. If all goes well, he’s on track to return to Houston’s lineup by early May. More>
Hays departed Tuesday night’s game vs. the Red Sox with a right hand contusion. Initial X-rays were negative for a fracture, but the 27-year-old outfielder was scheduled to undergo further testing. More>
Yasmani Grandal, Tim Anderson and Yoán Moncada, White Sox
Grandal is considered day to day after leaving Tuesday’s game against the Blue Jays in the seventh inning with back spasms, manager Pedro Grifol said. The team will see how Grandal feels before Wednesday’s finale in Toronto, but Grifol expects the catcher will be available as a backup.
Anderson (sprained left knee) is close to heading out on an injury rehab assignment after running the bases on Monday and Tuesday in Toronto. The shortstop will need 10 to 14 at-bats in the Minors before he’ll rejoin the MLB club, according to Grifol.
Moncada (lower back soreness) is feeling better, but “still a little ways” from returning to games, Grifol said in Toronto on Tuesday. The infielder has done mobility drills and taken swings from the left side in recent days. More>
Logan Gilbert, Dylan Moore and Andrés Muñoz, Mariners
Gilbert experienced muscle spasms in the back of his right shoulder when working out at T-Mobile Park on April 23. The pain, however, has subsided to the point where he felt capable of remaining on turn in the rotation when the club opened a three-game series in Philadelphia on Tuesday. However, the Mariners instead opted to hold him back to Wednesday as a precaution.
Moore (core surgery) met with the doctor who performed his offseason surgery in Philadelphia, where the Mariners just so happened to begin a three-game series on Tuesday. An MRI revealed scar tissue in his left groin area, which they addressed with a cortisone shot. Moore will return to the club’s Spring Training facility in Arizona to map out a more specialized recovery plan.
Muñoz (right deltoid strain) reported to the club’s Spring Training facility on Tuesday and was slated to throw a live BP session there before joining Triple-A Tacoma in Las Vegas this weekend to begin a rehab assignment. More>
Bryce Harper, Ranger Suárez and Andrew Painter, Phillies
Harper, who squared off with the rehabbing Suárez for a second time in a sim game prior to the club’s Saturday matchup against the Rockies, will have his highly anticipated follow-up appointment with Dr. Neal ElAttrache at the start of May. If Harper receives clearance at that appointment, his return to the Phillies’ lineup “shouldn’t be too far after that,” manager Rob Thomson said Thursday. More>
Suárez (left forearm tenderness) threw a bullpen session Tuesday at Citizens Bank Park to gear up for a potential rehab start. Assuming he comes out of that well, the left-hander is expected to pitch two innings for Double-A Reading on Thursday. More>
Pomeranz (left flexor tendon surgery) will make his third rehab appearance and first with Triple-A El Paso on Tuesday. He previously threw a 1-2-3 inning at Single-A Lake Elsinore in his first two rehab games on April 18 and 21. More>
Hendricks completed a side session on Tuesday in preparation for a Minor League rehab start with Triple-A Iowa on Thursday. That will mark the next step in Hendricks’ comeback from a right shoulder issue, which ended his season in July last year. More>
Germán Márquez and Anthony Senzatela, Rockies
After his April 23 bullpen session went smoothly, Márquez will officially come off the 15-day injured list (retroactive to April 11) on Wednesday to start the series finale against the Guardians. Márquez exited his start on April 10 with right forearm inflammation. To clear roster space, José Ureña was designated for assignment following Tuesday’s 5-1 win over the Guardians.
In his first injury rehab assignment appearance, Senzatela (left ACL surgery) logged 3 1/3 innings for Triple-A Albuquerque and held Round Rock to one run on five hits on April 25. Senzatela struck out four against two walks and threw 44 strikes among his 71 pitches. More>
Bart left the Giants game on Monday after tweaking his groin while hustling to second base. Bart underwent an MRI exam on Tuesday, though he said it didn’t reveal anything significant, stoking optimism that he’ll be able to avoid landing on the injured list. More>
Sandy Alcantara, Johnny Cueto, Luis Arraez and Joey Wendle, Marlins
Alcantara (mild right biceps tendinitis) is on track to make a start against the Braves on Wednesday after being scratched from Saturday’s scheduled outing.
Arraez, who took a foul ball off his left knee on April 22, was available off the bench Monday and Tuesday but out of the starting lineup.
Cueto (right biceps tightness) is scheduled to throw an extended game on Wednesday.
Wendle (right intercostal strain) went through a full workout and hit off a pitching machine on Monday and could begin a rehab assignment in a couple of days, per manager Skip Schumaker. More>
Adam Wainwright, Cardinals
Wainwright, who has been out since late March because of a strained groin, pitched 4 1/3 innings in his second rehab start with Double-A Springfield on Tuesday. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said on Tuesday that he and president of baseball operations John Mozeliak will meet on Wednesday to discuss Wainwright’s immediate future. The veteran pitcher will either make another Minor League rehab start — this time with a maximum of 90 pitches — or he will rejoin the Cards’ starting rotation. More>
Yu Chang and Christian Arroyo Red Sox
Chang left Monday night’s game against the Orioles with left wrist pain after appearing to sustain the injury on a swing-and-miss and was placed on the injured list on Tuesday with a left hamate fracture.
In a move described as precautionary, second baseman Arroyo exited in the bottom of the fifth inning of Tuesday night’s 8-6 victory over the Orioles with tightness in his right hamstring. Manager Alex Cora was “hopeful” that Arroyo will be available for Wednesday’s game. More>
Michael Harris II, Raisel Iglesias and Collin McHugh, Braves
Harris (lower back soreness) passed his final test in taking live batting practice and completing running drills on Monday and is set to begin a rehab assignment. He could return for the Braves’ weekend series against the Mets or sooner.
Iglesias (right shoulder soreness) threw live batting practice to Harris on Monday. He will likely require multiple rehab appearances to make up for time lost during Spring Training.
McHugh was activated from the Injured List on Tuesday and returned to Atlanta’s bullpen for the first time since being sidelined with right shoulder discomfort on April 6. More>
Melendez was out of the lineup for a second day on Tuesday against the D-backs as he recovers from lower back spasms first suffered Sunday against the Angels, but he’s feeling much better than he did the previous two days. Melendez participated in light baseball activity — running, catching, throwing, and swinging — pregame Tuesday to see how he feels. He said his back has loosened up considerably. The expectation is to have him return to the lineup in the next couple of days and avoid an IL stint. More>
For the first time since last summer, Skubal is set to throw off a mound. The Tigers’ workhorse lefty starter, who was in the midst of a breakout campaign last year before an elbow issue led to flexor tendon surgery in August, will throw a bullpen session later this week. More>
Sean Doolittle, Nationals
Doolittle (left elbow), who is rehabbing at the Nationals’ training complex in Florida on a Minor League contract, threw a live batting practice session on Tuesday. The goal was around 20 pitches. Initial feedback was “he felt really good,” said manager Dave Martinez. More>
Chris Bassitt, Adam Cimber and Santiago Espinal, Blue Jays
Bassitt threw 98 pitches in his Monday night start against the White Sox before exiting the game in the sixth inning with right lower back tightness.
Cimber was placed on the injured list Monday with a strain of his right rhomboid, a muscle in the upper back. Prior to the injury, he had pitched in 11 games this season, tied for the team lead. More>
O’Hoppe underwent surgery Tuesday to repair the torn labrum in his left shoulder. The rookie catcher is expected to miss 4-6 months. More>
Carlos Rodón, Luis Severino, Harrison Bader and Jonathan Loáisiga, Yankees
According to manager Aaron Boone, Rodón had a second CT scan on his ailing back which showed no structural issues. In fact, the southpaw played catch Sunday morning without any problems.
Severino (right lat strain) threw two innings of live batting practice on Monday and is scheduled to throw another session on Thursday.
Bader (left oblique strain) is expected to join Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday as his Minor League rehab assignment continues. Boone has said that Bader will need about two weeks of rehab to build toward playing nine-inning games and seeing action on back-to-back days.
Loáisiga (right elbow inflammation) played catch again Monday after reporting no issues on Friday. Boone said it would probably take a few weeks for Loáisiga to build stamina and get into Minor League games. More>
Justin Verlander and Carlos Carrasco, Mets
Verlander (right teres major strain) threw 43 pitches over three innings during a simulated game Sunday in Port St. Lucie, Fla., and he’s scheduled to make a Minor League rehab start Friday. If that goes well, the veteran right-hander will be lined up to make his Mets debut against his former club, the Tigers, in Detroit the following week. More>
Carrasco (right elbow inflammation) is set to restart a throwing program this week, at which point the team will have a better handle on his short-term prognosis.
Tyler Glasnow and Jeffrey Springs, Rays
Glasnow (Grade 2 left oblique strain) was scheduled to face hitters for two innings on Monday at the club’s extended spring complex in Sarasota, Fla., which would likely begin his Spring Training-type game progression. More>
Springs underwent successful Tommy John surgery on Monday. The left-hander will be sidelined into the 2024 season. More>
